Something I Can't Explain

From: very scared (tilly_04@hotmail.com)
Story type: Ghost
Location: my bedroom
Source: Form Submission

Once, when i was young, I was lying in bed trying to get to sleep when all of a sudden i got this strange feeling that something was in the room with me. Something evil. I was terrified and went downstairs to tell my parents. My dad told me to go upstairs and sleep. I went upstairs but I simply couldn't step into my room. I was petrified!! I went back downstairs and my dad told me that if i came downstairs again i would be in big trouble! I went upstairs and sat on the landing crying and petting my cat. My brother could tell something was wrong but told me to go tell dad. I told him I already did and he (my brother) said just go to sleep. I finally went into my room and nothing was wrong. The evil feeling just disappeared.

Unless you have experienced what I have felt, a feeling of immense evil, you will think this story is not scary at all. But tell me this: why would an 8 year old suddenly be terrified of her own room?